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Can you judge a man and his behaviour towards women by his fingers? (2015-02-24)

Study finds link between relative lengths of index and ring fingers in men and behaviour towards women.

Men with short index fingers and long ring fingers are on average nicer towards women, and this unexpected phenomenon stems from the hormones these men have been exposed to in their mother’s womb, according to a new study by researchers at McGill University. The findings might help explain why these men tend to have more children..


Bourbon virus

The virus, named Bourbon virus for the county where the patient lived, is part of a group of viruses called thogotoviruses. This is the first time a virus in this group has been shown to cause human illness in the United States and only the eighth known case of thogotoviruses causing symptoms in people.

The previously healthy man from eastern Kansas, USA, sought medical care in late spring because of a history of tick bite, fever, and fatigue. The man had received multiple tick bites in the days before becoming ill. The patient had thrombocytopenia and leukopenia and was given doxycycline for a presumed tickborne illness.
His condition did not improve. Multiorgan failure developed, and he died 11 days after illness onset from cardiopulmonary arrest.
Molecular and serologic testing results for known tickborne pathogens were negative. However, testing of a specimen for antibodies against Heartland virus by using plaque reduction neutralization indicated the presence of another virus. CDC researchers used Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD): next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic analysis identified the virus as a novel member of the genus Thogotovirus.

Since viruses in this group (thogotoviruses) have been linked to ticks or mosquitoes in parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, Bourbon virus might also be spread through tick or other insect bites.
The Kansas man had received multiple tick bites in the days before becoming ill.

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The article was published in CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal

What is Bourbon virus?

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